Is he the Donald Trump painted by Fox News and Breitbart? Or is he the Donald Trump painted by ABC, CBS, NBC, USA Today and the Wall Street Journal?

Regardless of your opinion, we can agree on this. There are ongoing investigations swirling around the Donald Trump Presidency. These are driven by Robert Mueller’s team, our intelligence communities and by both parties in Congress. Eventually facts will be determined that bring focus to the rumors and finger pointing.

What part did Russia play in our last Presidential election? Were unlawful actions taken by those associated with the Donald Trump Administration? Or is all of this just a political witch hunt?

Yet, beneath all of this controversy is a movement brewing that none of us should take lightly. It is the threats (veiled or otherwise) against Americans like you and me by some of the people associated with Donald Trump. People like Roger Stone.

Who is Roger Stone? He is a lobbyist, political strategist and author. He has a net worth of about $20 million. He is connected. And he is reported to be one of Donald Trump's closest advisers, strategists and apologists.

Roger Stone has been involved in the political campaigns of Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush, and, of course, Donald Trump. His lobbying firm has represented the regimes of Filipino dictator Ferdinand Marcos and Congolese dictator Mobutu Sese Seko.

Roger Stone is outspoken and a headline grabber. He called a CNN commentator an "Entitled Diva Bitch" and imagined her "killing herself." He called another a "fat negro" and a "stupid negro."

Roger Stone is best known for his ability to initiate, agitate and sustain political movements. He was behind the lie that Hillary Clinton has Parkinson's disease. He was behind the false story that Ted Cruz was having five extramarital affairs. He was behind the false claim that Clinton aide, Huma Abedin, was connected to the Muslim Brotherhood.

Twenty years ago the National Enquirer exposed ads that Roger Stone and his wife had apparently placed in a swinger magazine seeking sexual partners. He denied, then admitted that the ads were authentic.

Unsavory character?

Here is the issue. According to an investigative report by Politico, a widely read and well-respected journal that covers politics and policy, Roger Stone is at it again. He has publicly defended Donald Trump by predicting a violent insurrection if Donald Trump were to be impeached.

We are not talking about the reasons for any impeachment trial. I am assuming that if our country were to get to that point, that the reasons would be clear. After all, Bill Clinton went through an impeachment process, and we all survived.

But Roger Stone is a confidante of Donald Trump, and Roger Stone is threatening the very fabric of our Constitution. In his words, he is predicting a “spasm of violence,” an “insurrection” amounting to a civil war, if the Congress were to bring impeachment charges against his friend, Donald Trump.

“Try to impeach him. Just try it,” Roger Stone is quoted as saying. “You will have a spasm of violence in this country, an insurrection like you’ve never seen.” He went even further to point out the proliferation of gun ownership in America that would be a factor if Donald Trump were to face formal charges. “Both sides are heavily armed, my friend," Roger Stone said. "This is not 1974. People will not stand for impeachment."

If this were not enough, Roger Stone threatened our elected Congressional representatives. Roger Stone said that any politician who voted for articles of impeachment "would be endangering their own life."

Where is Donald Trump in all of this?

Donald Trump praised Roger Stone in an appearance on the Alex Jones radio show. Donald Trump said "Roger's a good guy.” "He's been so loyal and so wonderful.”

During the Republican National Convention in 2016, Roger Stone took another active role for Donald Trump. Roger Stone formed a pro-Trump activist group. It was called, “Stop the Steal,” and it threatened “Days of Rage” against those Republican party leaders who may have been considering a move to deny the Republican nomination to Donald Trump. The Washington Post reported that Roger Stone’s “Stop the Steal” was “organizing [Trump] supporters as a force of intimidation." According to the report, Roger Stone “threatened to publicly disclose the hotel room numbers of delegates who work against Trump.”

So is Roger Stone’s threat of an uprising to be taken as a trial balloon for what is to come? Is this another dog whistle for the extreme right?

I am having trouble getting my head around this threat of a civil war, this threat that my friends and neighbors might pick up their guns and shoot people who disagree with them.

Does Roger Stone have the mantle of Donald Trump?

Can he actually call some of my fellow Americans to action, to insurrection to a civil war?

Stone’s intimidation at the Republican National Convention was not taken lightly.

Is this our America where people aligned with the President can openly threaten you, me and our elected representatives?

Bill Gindlesperger is a central Pennsylvanian, Shippensburg University trustee and founder of eLynxx Solutions that provides software for managing direct mail, marketing and print. He is a board member, campaign advisor, published author, and News Talk 103.7 commentator. He can be reached at Bill.Gindlesperger@eLynxx.com